extreme weather. severe weather slamming the northeast. terrifying twister reported on lild. moreen othe president of destruction straight ahead on this big day on fox & friends which begins right now. that s right. we start with a fox news alert, good saturday morning, everybody. a busy day, peter johnson jr. in for. and peter in for alisyn. that s a tad ironic that late on a friday night you hear a massive announcement like this that the romney campaign has still not made official. but check out the web site this morning. it s romney ryan.com and under that the romney campaign says come meet america s come back team. and about 9:00 this morning at norfolk, virginia, the announcement will be made officially by the romney campaign and all indications are that it appears to be representative paul ryan of janesville, wisconsin, a seven-term republic congressman who has catapulted in fame over the last two or three years based upon his opposition to obama care and putting fo
knowing for sure hot pick is and seeing him stand in front of cameras with mitt romney for the first time. 87 days before voters head to the polls. back to you in new york. peter doocy and peter johnson jr. bottom line, bold pig, gutsy from that that standpoint. medicare, it will be all about medicare going forward. that s how they are going to attack him. let s bring in byron york, our chief political correspondent from the washington examiner. good to see you this morning. this is bold for obvious reasons makes it a voucher plan for those under the age of 55. no one pushing granny off the cliff condition temporary to popular opinion. how surprised are you by the bold move. i m pretty surprised. mitt romney is not a gambling man. not made his career of making big gamables. a lot of people like me thought he would make a safer choice rob portman senator from ohio. instead, he has chosen paul ryan. what you are saying is exactly right choosing ryan elevates the ryan budg
to reward contractors who control their costs and demonstrate exemplary performance. we ll remove obstacles to competition. last year the pentagon was awarded millions for contracts that were to be competitive but only one bid was received, usually from an incumbent. simple changes in how we structure valuations and work with industry have been shown to reduce by 50% the incidents of single bids by incumbents. additionally we ll promote real competition for it is the single most powerful tool the department has to drive productivity growth. we must stop deluding ourselves with the idea that directed buys from two designated suppliers represents real competition. we re already cutting down on directed buys with the navy s combat ship where we set in place real competition that will save more than $1 billion in the next five years alone and we can demonstrate that with additional savings expected over the entire life of the l.c.s. program. competition is not always available bu